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Over the course of the last 20 years, Ireland has earned a reputation as one of the most attractive jurisdictions in which to establish an investment fund, ranking amongst the most flexible and advantageous international fund domiciles due in no small part to the wide variety of funds (from traditional long only to sophisticated alternatives) which may be established under the Irish legal and regulatory system as well as Ireland’s ability to react promptly to the demands of both fund promoters a

Fund boards should ensure that they manage the cyber security threat at an internal and external third party level. The Funds should, at least:

In March of 2015, the Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicle ("ICAV") Act was enacted, and it has enabled the establishment of a new structure for regulated investment funds domiciled in Ireland.

Brexit will fundamentally alter the UK's relationship with the EU and will have a profound effect on the landscape of financial services in Europe.

The governments of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland commissioned a feasibility studying into creating an offshore interconnected electricity grid based on wind, wave and tidal generation

The ISE is the leading international exchange for the listing of investment funds. Its success is built on a specific investment funds listing regime tailored to a wide variety of international fund structures from all domiciles.

As the implementation date of 1 January 2016 for Solvency II draws closer, reinsurance and insurance undertakings in Ireland are well under way with their Solvency II implementation programmes.

The process by which a party can serve a document on a person within the EU from Ireland, has been simplified by the introduction of Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007.

This publication examines the regulatory frameworks applicable to multi-manager funds and fund of funds in Ireland, a leading key European "exporting" fund domicile, including the opportunities...

Up to now it the area of defamation was governed by the decisions of courts and the Defamation Act 1961.

Ireland had a unique advantage compared with the Italian banks, however. Most Irish NPLs were backed by real estate, while Italian NPL portfolios are a mix of resi­dential and commercial mortgages....

On foot of increased pressure being placed on Irish banks by the European Central Bank (the "ECB") to deleverage their balance sheets, a number of Irish financial institutions...

The PRIIPs Regulation sets out rules for the content and format of the KID, with the aim of making it easier for retail investors to understand the key features and risks of retail investment products.

The decision of Murphy J. in the High Court in Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank v. Finnegan & Ward delivered on the 20th May 2015 represents a challenge to the current Circuit Court regime ...

What legislation governs the establishment and operation of Alternative Investment Funds?

If the Central Bank makes a decision that a regulated entity does not agree with then, provided they are a person who is affected by that decision, they may lodge an appeal with IFSAT...

Solvency II introduces a number of detailed and prescriptive conditions in relation to outsourcing requirements for (re)insurance undertakings and it is incumbent on undertakings...

The three main reasons for requiring that details of transactions in financial instruments be reported to competent authorities are that transaction reporting enables the competent authorities: